“The Cask of Amontillado” pits the vengeful forces of Montresor against the unwary Fortunato. While we, as readers, are never given full insight into the exact wrong that Fortunato has perpetrated against Montresor, we are assured that it is sufficiently horrid to merit death. Montresor uses the guile of a cask of amontillado in...
Physical Description of Fortunato The description of Fortunato in “The Cask of Amontillado” is brief and focuses on his clothes rather than on the man himself. “The man wore motley. He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells.” The only other physical descriptions include...